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The Eucharist

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38 claims in this doctrine
The Eucharist
The Eucharist must follow Christ’s own institution exactly — he used bread and wine mixed with water
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The Eucharist
The first day of the week Eucharist was the central act of Christian worship from the beginning
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The Eucharist
The Eucharist effects what it signifies — it is not merely a sign
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The Eucharist
Only a Eucharist administered by the bishop, or by one he has authorised, is to be regarded as valid
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The Eucharist
The Eucharist contains the body and blood of Christ, which refutes those who deny the resurrection of the flesh
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The Eucharist
The Eucharist is the body of Christ and conveys eternal life to those who receive it worthily
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The Eucharist
The Eucharist is truly the body and blood of Christ, not a symbol
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The Eucharist
The Eucharist fulfils Malachi’s prophecy of a pure offering acceptable to God
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The Eucharist
Did the early Church believe Christ is truly present — body, blood, soul, and divinity — in the Eucharist?
Every Church Father who addresses the Eucharist before AD 400 affirms the Real Presence. Not one denies it. The symbolic interpretation is…
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Ecclesiology
The Didache (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles)
The oldest surviving Christian catechism outside the New Testament — containing the earliest extra-biblical instructions for Baptism, the Eucharist, fasting, and church…
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Patristic Texts Addressing The Eucharist

These texts from the Fideograph library contain annotated passages directly bearing on this doctrine. Each passage is tagged so you can filter to the relevant chapters immediately.

c. AD 107 Intermediate
Ignatius of Antioch
Ignatius of Antioch — Letter to the Smyrnaeans
Contains the first use of Catholic Church in Christian literature, the clearest early statement on the Real Presence, and the most concentrated early treatment of episcopal authority — written en route to martyrdom, c. AD 107.
4 chapters on The Eucharist
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c. AD 350 Intermediate
Cyril of Jerusalem
Cyril of Jerusalem — Mystagogical Catecheses
Five post-baptismal lectures delivered at the Holy Sepulchre c. AD 350 — the most systematic early treatment of the sacraments, including the clearest patristic account of Real Presence and the Epiclesis.
6 chapters on The Eucharist
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c. AD 50–120 Introductory
Anonymous (Apostolic)
The Didache (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles)
The oldest surviving Christian catechism outside the New Testament — containing the earliest extra-biblical instructions for Baptism, the Eucharist, fasting, and church order. c. AD 50–120.
3 chapters on The Eucharist
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